Hi Kevin,
For the most part roaming charges in EU countries have been abolished so if you
fly first into Germany you can get a plan there and ask if this will work when
you are in Holland or vice versa.
My mother was just in Germany for a bit over 3 weeks and she bought a plan from
the german Telecom, Vodafone is also strong and I would stick with those two
for best coverage and LTE. Best thing is to go to a Vodafone or German Telecom
store and askk them to advise you what is best.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kevin
Gibbs
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:16 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Need advice on best telecom management strategy when vacationing in
the Netherlands and Germany for three weeks from US
Guys,
Need info on best option for telecom management when traveling from the US to
the Netherlands and Germany. My wife and I have iPhones which are unlocked, to
the best of our knowledge. Ideally, we need voice and data at a reasonable
cost in Holland and Germany for three weeks.
As I see it, our options are:
1. Buy two local SIMM cards at Amsterdam airport with a large enough data
allowance to send SMS, make local phone calls, upload photos to FB/Instagram
and get directions here and there while traveling.
2. Get two data only cards from a purveyor like Gig Sky and use Skype for the
voice/SMS component. Need info on just how or whether one can forward an
iPhone to a Skype number. May not want to get any unwanted messages from
people in the States because it’s election silly season. On the other hand,
would want to get message from home if house was in trouble while gone.
decisions, decisions.
3. By a My Fi box, also with a local SIMM, and tether our phones to that.
Turn Cellular Data off on phones and kill all push notifications that would
otherwise be active in Wi-Fi environments to prevent unnecessary data
consumption. Again, use Skype or Google Voice or something else to have voice
and SMS capabilities without buying an international voice and data plan from
AT&T, which I assume is cost prohibitive in even the best case.
Sorry this is such a long message. Trying to imagine all the scenarios from
which I have to choose.Have to make a decision fairly soon. Hope one of
you will answer.
Please CC reply to author in case I don’t get the chance to log into Google
Groups to follow this message. My preferences are set to No Mail because I
visit this list so infrequently.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin
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